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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

October 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

After a phone screen with HR, I had a one-hour phone interview that included an algorithm question. This was followed by an on-site interview.

I was expecting two engineering interviews, each with two questions. The first interview featured LeetCode medium questions related to Candy Crush and condensing a linked list.

The second interviewer presented a variation of the Knapsack NP-hard problem. However, they complained about my exponential runtime, and surprisingly, didn't seem to know what the Knapsack problem was. Not surprisingly, they walked me out of the office, and I did not receive an offer.

Questions

1-Dimensional Candy Crush to condense the row as much as possible.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 470 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

12%
Pass Rate

Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive53%
Neutral28%
Negative19%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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